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Sunday, January 17, 2010

500th Follower Giveaway!

Last week, I reached a big blog milestone - my 500th follower! To celebrate, I'm doing a little giveaway. The lucky winner will receive a tube of MAC Russian Red matte lipstick (my signature color!) and MAC Redd lip pencil, the matching liner. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post by midnight EST on Monday, January 18th.Just a disclaimer: MAC is not a sponsor, and this giveaway is a gift from me to thank you for reading! Check back later this week for a FABULOUS sponsored giveaway.

Update: Amanda, thank you for reminding me about Google Reader subscribers! I had not forgotten you guys - after all, your ranks reached over 1,000 this week. Yet another reason to celebrate! I wish I could give you ALL a lipstick!

Update #2 (Goodness, I'm forgetful today!): All are welcome to enter, regardless of location! As long as you can get mail, you're in.

Mmmm...yes please! I've always been a drugstore makeup girl, myself so a grown up lady lipstick would be a real treat. I subscribe to a great many (too many) sewing blogs, but yours is one of my very favourites. Keep it up! (oh, and nice new glasses too!)

I've adored (and been inspired by) so many of your sewing projects, and read you blog almost daily, and yet it is the lure of free stuff that finally drives me to leave a comment... You can draw your own conclusions on my character from this!

Congratulations for your crowd of readers! You deserve them and many more, your blog is truly inspiring. Hope I get lucky and I can make that beautiful lipstick mine. BTW, I like your new glasses very much. And the cat videos. Take care!

although I don't official follow via google (hence my always choosing the name/url option when commenting!) I do have you on my top sites on my mac, and am always happy when there's a little blue star since it means you've updated!

I have been following your blog every day like it's the news, looking for the next vlog. (It turns out I learn a lot more from a visual presentation, than just a book!) Thank you for all your work. It's very inspiring. I've been wearing red lipstick since 1995, so I would love, love to receive some MAC. What a cool way to connect with your readers. Gotta love a giveaway. Thanks, for the opportunity, Gertie!

Hi Gertie,I never wear lipstick but considered buying this one after I saw it on your blog.I wish I had more time to sew. You are a real inspiration. I got some vintage sewing patterns for Christmas that I found in an Etsy shop I discovered through your blog. I can't wait to use them (late 40's early 50's).At the moment, I am sewing a dress from Colette patterns (that's through this blog that I found yours).Love your blog !

The best present i ever got is a Anna Sui red lipstick with a matching nail polish in a matching red anna sui tin. Its my go to red lipstick but i have been wanting to explore other red's particularly the russian red since i am wearing it more regularly!!

Congrats on all your success as a blogger and as a sewist! You have a great blog!

I have been loving your red lip so much that I have been looking for a good matte red. I would love to win this!Thanks so much for the blog; it has become a must-read in my inbox. Love your retro style!

Congratulations on the 500th follower! It's great that there are so many of us who has seen what a wonderful blog you have! =) Your blog is one of my top-favorites, and one of the best inspirations I know when my creativity (or my confidence) takes a dive. Oh, and of course I'm in on the giveaway! I've wanted to try that very lipstick for a while, it would so great with something new (and MAC isn't sold where I live).Cheers!

Congrats on 500! I decided last week that I need a little more red in my life and went to the M.A.C counter and the lady made me up in Russian Red. It was the middle of the day and for someone who does not wear lipstick it was a bit of a shock but I ended up loving it!!! I felt powerful and sexy!

Wow, that's very generous of you! I've been reading your blog for a couple of months and your writing is not only informative but very entertaining. Also, I love your style! :) So enter me in the giveaway - I'll probably not be able to get MAC products here in Germany. ;)

Gertie, you're adorable! Congratulations on getting to 500 followers - I know my day wouldn't be the same without you! Love your style, love your blog, would love the lipstick, but am in Australia, so will understand if that's too far to post! ;) All the best for another fabulous year! Sophie xx

After only relatively recently discovering the fabulousness of red lipstick, and wanting to find the elusive 'right' lippy, I'm so in and grateful for the chance. And as I said on your last post, I'm totally going to refer to your blog for my sewing adventures ont he horizon!

Dearest Gertie, your blog has inspired me to turn to vintage patterns to fill the void in my wardrobe. Your posts are causing me to sew like a madwoman, and this is a very good thing! And also, you have a fantastic choice in lip colour :)Keep writing!Ellen(ellen.cregan@hotmail.com)

I just found you and as soon as I had read a few posts I knew I had to follow ya. And that is such a yummy shade of red. If you sent it my way, I wouldn't complain, I need a little pick-me-up. Four more weeks until Baby Number 2 is here!

Congratulations on 500 Subscribers and thank you for inspiring me to pull out my old faithful Bernina and start sewing again. I live in a small beach town where walking down the street in anything but shorts and flip flops is stared at so finding your blog and like minded people is a real God send for me. Keep posting!

Enter me please! Oh, that sounds terrible. Please consider me! I adore your blog, and was just about to run out and get some Russian Red after your FANTASTIC makeover post! You look beautiful. Here's to 500 more! Cheers!

I love your blog, and I'm one of the Google readers. There are lots and lots of us. I sew, love vintage, and have coloring similar to yours (or did before I started graying) and I say you're never too old for red! Hope I win.

I was just checking out your new look and I love it. I have something funny to tell you, my 3 year old daughter greets you when I watch your vlogs. She says "Hi Gertie!" and waves frantically. I bet you didn't know you were hip with toddlers!

I've lurked for a while, but today I spent a few hours...probably more than a few...reading the whole archives. I love vintage patterns and collect them. I have yet to try one out but I'm getting up my nerve. Maybe entering a lipstick giveaway will get me going ;-)Love your blog!

Congratulations on your success here; the blog is wonderful and you really deserve it! Thanks so much for the daily inspiration, Gertie. Logging on in the morning before I start work really makes my day.

Love your look and love reading your blog in my lunch time. Never worn MAC Lipstick but willing to give it a go. Love the blog, very inspirational. Have signed up to a clothes making course at the college near work in london. Hope it's fun and then I can start making vintage patterns myself.

Giveaways are nice (who doesn't love free stuff?), but I am most appreciative of how generous you are with your sewing knowledge. It takes time to put that into blog (or vlog) format, and I for one am thankful.

I discovered and became a follower of your blog last week (maybe I am Mrs. 500?!) I find your writing to be a fantastically refreshing slant on sewing and it's associated culture and am already picking up some great tips from you. Even if I don't win the lipstick I'm just happy to have found you :)

Congratulations on all the followers, it's really not surprising considering how interesting and well written your blog is.I have been looking high and low for this lipstick so it would make me so so happy to win!

p.s. your new glasses, hair and lipstick from your previous post rock! You're making me very jealous. I want a makeover too!

Oh, that's lovely! I'm in need of a new tube of my lovely Russian Red. I'm a recently addicted reader of this blog. You have totally inspired me to learn to sew, and I MUST HAVE that VoNBBS sheath dress. I'll learn to make it if it kills me!